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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-23
NO CHANGE IN PAssENaKR YABEs.

AZ tFanscontinental passenger fares
are made mp By adding together the
through rate Of each line there 10 no
reason fer any change. and none will
be made. either east or west bound.
Only 10 isolated instances have fares for
9 long haul bssn less than for short
haul. People who want TO 90 from some
Atlantic to some Pacific port as a rule
do not prefer the voyage In sailing YES
sells around Cape Hsrn, evsn II it lie
cheaper, as do iron rails and car wheels.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-23

oOlHt " c4NNIU AG1A1luCAtADas WHICH y
the classification adopted by all the
roads bstveea Chicago and the Missouri
River. and differs slightly from the
transocnFinentAl classification.
In making comparisons between the
new tariff and the present. one, IL Should
be rsnembered that the present tariff is
obsOlets and has not been in force since
tie dissolution Of the Transsontinsntsl
Association year ago, and the war Of
rates which followed. Il serves only as
basis on which to cot rates. The gen
ersl rule has been 30 make the rate so
par cent. Of the tariff, with q minimum
Of so cents per hundred. Take. for in
stance, first class freight. The apparent
increase IL 80 cents a hundred. 10 real
ity Il is 81 %, because the rate at which
first class freight IL carried 10 $l.75; not
&350 This class includes dry goods,
clothing; boots and shoes. aud merohan
disc generally on which the freight does
not cot muoh OF figure in the cost to
the consumer. With agricultural Inn
plemsnts the rate 10 increased 222 per
cant. Under the present classification
they come under class A; under the new,
undeF fifth class; present cut rate. 70
cents; nsw rate, 81 IS; increase, IS,
which will amount on each reaper to
little more than $50. With baFbed
wire, very important item in this
country. the incFeass Is still larger. Il
will be in the fifth class, and has been
coming at the minimom rate, go eents.
This will increase the price Sl.65 per
hundred.
The reshipped" rate Of the o Z. 4 N.
from POFtlond will be cancelled on the
LIST of April. and the local rates will be
the only Fatss. These have act yet been
Axed, bat under the Hoult Law they
cannot be made higher than they were
January 1, 1885.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-23
IMPJaTtET TO. the LAplES.
Fleur de JeuneSse.

AN EXQUISITE TOILET ARTICLE
n for b~autifving ihs csnplsxiea. A
suTsr or enhsfituts Ter hay run or pow
ders and 10 metieinAi ard bsnefciai 70
the akin. Sold b. !, alag 3rnggissa
mkl9in
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-23
SEATTLE ROILER WORKS
Testers wharf, Goos % unl
street, seattle.
GEORGE X RLLY, PrspxssaeK.

Don.ERs BUILT or ALL BEsCRTP
ID ft12A TznkA GAse1 trun wu<k and
repAsrtna acne - ahnFs sstieA tsi
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-23

have tested ifs virtues personally. and
know that for Dyspepsia. Biliousness and
ThrobbtnR Headache Il Il the best m 9di-
cine I eWorld ever saw. Have tried forty
other remedies before Simmons Liver
Regulator. and none Of them gave more
than temporary relief. bat the Regulator
not only relieved but cured.
II. n. JONES. Macon. Ca.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-23
Is Life
Living /?

That depends upon the
Liver, for if the Liver is
inact We the whole sys-
TEN is out of order-the
breath is bad, digestion
poor, head dull or ach.
ing, energy and hopeful
ness gone, the spirits are
depressed, 3 heavy
weight exists after eat
ing, with general de-
spondency andthe blues.
The Liver is the house.
keeper Of the health ;
and q harmless, simple
remedy that acts like
Nature, does not consti-
stipate afterwards or re-
quire constant taking,
does not interfere with
business or pleasure dur
ing its use, makes SIM
mons Liver Regulator a
medical perfection.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-23

AnHIrE 10 naTnKRs.

Tbs So. Johns Telegraph. an opposi-
tioa oman, eDdsrses tbs position taken
oy tbe 64sas.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-23
vHTnE rHr PINCH VIII coMR.

The Is. John Giobs, edited BY Mem
Der % Parliament. publishes . double
loaded article, shioh says: " m country
will s0oA wsks up 10 the fslly Of the
Governments policy 10 regard 10 its
fisheries. We warn the people u the
maritime provinces that the nrst act on
the part OF cur officials 10 harass Amer
pei the President 70 puf into force the
the vessels and trade Of these three pre-
vincos"
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-23

Bot the Bese6sr soanGal hseke ths
way Ger cur political life 30 b. smAnci
rated from the usual campaign Stigma.
ThS great preacher kspt bis paipit, and
the Presidential candidate ven &c
pgiEa.
Notwithstanding what u eoncaicsi
above, II must be manifest that man
10 parsuit az his e~n pat Psffec3isa i
losing tins. A. BIS been vel sad, b
yhs = trYsps 90 gst EYES BtYef ssis
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-04-23
AMONG THE FLOWERS.

The ancients hung roses over their
guests at banquets, to indicate that
remarks there made, were to be re-
garded as sub rosa"
COUNT UPON Phlox Drummondii,
well doubled, among the flowers of
the near future. Semi-doubles have
been out for some time.
TEN-wEEK STOCKS, sown in the
house in April, with me begin
blooming in June, and give a long
season of beauty and fragrance.
GLADIoLUs.-A first planting ought
to be gotten in early in the month, to
to be followed by later paintings at
intervals of two weeks until June.
THAT favorite the Sweet Pea is a
flower that should be sown early !;
the blooms come the finer for having
the roots of the plants form mainly
during cool weather.
A LESSON FROM THE FLOWERS
A deaf and dumb person being asked
to give his idea of forgiveness, took
his pencil and wrote: at is the
sweetness which flowers yield when
trampled upon"
HARDY PLANTs.-All must de-
sire some of those plants which re-
main year after year. What they re-
quire is to have the soil where they
are planted dug up deeply and then
later on annual applications of well
rOtted manure.
TEMPERANCE and hower-garden-
ing easily go hand-in-hand. The ex-
perience of those who build cottages
to let has proved that the addition OF
a garden-plot affects most beneficial
influence on the social, moral and re-
ligious life Of those who occupy them.
GLoXINIAs.--One should not wait
for the bulbs to start into growth be-
fore potting. A suitable soil for them
is loan, leaf mould and plenty OF
white sand. Be gentle in watering
till we'll started. For bulbs two
inches across use 6 inch pots draining
well.
FLOWER BEDs-Where Hyacinths,
Tulips, ETC., have been growing in
the beds designed for summer flow.
ers, they may, after blooming. be
carefully taken up to have some soil
adhering to the roots, and be put
into boxes till ripened, not neglect.
ing moderate watering. When dried
off store away. The beds then to be
dressed lightly with manure, and
dug up ready to receive the tender
plants.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-04-23

Appropriating $50, O26.41 for Fo

Appropriating $50,026,41 for East
Tennessee Hospital for Insane.
For the removal Of Magistrates un-
der certain circumstances.
TO empower corporations to lease
and dispose of theirproperty and fran
chises.
To prohibit the sale of intoxicants,
as a beverage, near any school-house,
public or private, whether school is
in session or not.
To compel all firms and corpora
tons or other business that use scrip
to redeem the same in lawful curren-
cy at least once every thirty days.
To require all railroad companies to
provide comfortable waiting-rooms
for passengers where tickets are sold.
Amend act of 1875, chapter l42, so
as to provide by general law for or
ganization of companies or corpora
tons for manufacturing, canning and
packing all kinds ofvegetables, fruits
and meats, including corn and any
other article of commerce.
To amend section 1886 Milliken &
Vertrees' Code to make uniform price
of all local advertising, etc.
To repeal sections 1856 to 1859 in.
elusive, and require all Justices of the
Peace to attend Quarterly courts.
To govern county courts in all cleo.
tons and appointments
To change the practice in the cir.
cult and criminal courts in regard to
putting criminal juries under the rule
To organize the militia for the gov.
eminent of the same.
To accept surrender of the char.
ter and q donation to the State of the
property of the Randall Cole Indus.
trial school.
To enable counties and incorporat
ed cities and towns to subscribe to the
capital stock of any railroad company
incorporated under the generel laws
of this State, in the mode prescribed
therein, and to provide for the pay
ment of such subscription.
To provide more just and equit
able mechanics lien law, and to af
ford mechanics, contractors, sub-con
tractors and material men greater Sc
curity for such work done and sucf
material furnished.
To prescribe the mode of submit
ting the proposed amendment t
the constitution to the vote of tn,
people.
To permit parties defendant il
criminal causes to testify in their owl
behalf.
Comforting jurisdiction on the coun
ty court to declare persons who hav
been declared lunatics.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-04-23
FUNNY SIGHTS As SEEN BY A
DEPRAVED PUNSTER.

saw cow-hide in the grass,
A rush-light on the floor;
saw a candle.stick in the mud,
A bell-pull at the door,
] saw a horse-ay up the creek,
A cat-nip at her food;
| saw II chestnut-burr, and heard
A shel.bark in the wood.
| saw Il jack plane off a board,
A car.spring. off the track,
/ saw q saw.dust on the floor,
Aud then carpet-tack.
| saw a monkey-wrench a hat
From off a lady's pate;
/ saw a rattle snake bird
And hogs,head on plate.
saw a brandy.smash a glass,
/ saw a shooting.star; "'
Pye heard the corn.stalk in the field
And pig-iron crow bar. "a
l saw a pin-wheel of post,
A wheel right in shop
saw gin-sling on bar,
] saw ginger.pop.
/ saw house.fy over a field,
saw an ox-roast, too.
saw q shod.roe and clam-bake,
And saw a chicken stew.
saw a sword-fish from a bank,
And heard the water spout;
/ saw tobacco.spit, and then
heard an eye.ball out,
heard fence-rail at the din,
heard . waiste.band play
A lovely strain-a sweet .spittoon-
And then ! went away.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-04-23
The New Laws.

We give below summary of the
acts Of general interest passed by the
recent session of the Legislature
which have become laws:
To amend an act entitled, bill to
establish taxing districts in this State
and to provide the means of local
government for the same, being chap
ter IL of acts of 1872.
To protect miners in coal and min
eral regions of this State.
An act to permit parties litigant in
the courts of record to have a steno-
grapher.
To establish and define uniform
standard Of weights and measures in
this State.
To keep all of the State reports Of
the Supreme court in the respective
Office of the Clerks of the Circuit
courts, County courts and Clerks and
Masters Of the Chancery courts and
Clerks of the Criminal courts, and
prescribing their duties in regard to
them.
To prevent importation of diseased
cattle into this State.
To subject foreign corporations to
suit in this State.
To benefit turnpike companies be-
tween towns and railroad depots that
are not as much as five miles in
length.
An act to regulate wages of labor
ers and amend section 1891 of the
Code.
To provide for the compensation
ofjudges, clerks and officers holding
elections. 81
To give parties in habeas corpus
cases the right of appeal to the SUI
preme court.
To amend the game law.
To authorize railroad corporations
created by the laws of other States to
extend their lines into this State and
acquire right of way therefor.
To make it a misdemeaner to car
ry on barbering on Sunday.
To provide for the consolidation Of
proposed railroad lines not compel.
ing.
To relieve taxpayers and to amend
IN act entitled an act to allow partial
redemptions of real estate sold fol
taxes and for the relief of taxpayers
approved March 26, 1879.
To provide more just and equitable
laws for the assessment and collec
ton OF taxes for State and county
purposes.
To make plaintiffs liable for com
mission of Sheriff or Constable il
certain cases.
To authorize leasing of school land
remaining unsold for mining pur
poses.
To make it misdemeanor for ten
ant in common or joint tenant to dis
pose of property belonging to hin
and his co-tenant and fall to account
To appoint an Arbor Day" 70
the public schools to encourage tn
planting of trees about school build
ings.
To regulate practice in partition
cases.
To give land owners a lien on crop
Tor supplies furnished to share crop
pers, etc.
To relieve druggists Of all take
that have accrued against them a
liquor dealers.
To authorize municipal corpora
tons having population not less tina
$3.50 nor more than 400 inhabitant
to collect their own taxes on mel
chants and privileges.
TO increase jurisdiction of count
courts to enforce vendors lien o.
real estate on all sums under $50.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-04-23
FOiSON IN The ASHES
What the Mt. Lebanon Shakers
FOund-Incident in the His
tory Of a Quiet Community.

The Mount Lebanon New
York; Shakers are aquiet COM
munity, secluded from the fret
and worry of the outside world.
They are widely known, how
ever, for their strict honor and
probity in business.
The Shakers believe that ma
ture has remedy for every dis
ease. A few have been found
the rest are as yet unknown.
Many were discovered by acci.
dent. Others came to light as
the result Of patient experiment
and research.
Nervous Dyspepsia is a com.
paratively neaO disease, growing
out of the conditions Of modern
life. 1t is a joint affection of
the digestive organs and of the
nervous system. These two
were formerly treated as sepa-
rate ailments, and it was left
for the clear-sighted Shakers
to prove that the basis of this
terrible and often fatal compi-
cation lies chiefly in the disord-
cred and depraved functions Of
digestion and nutrition. They
reasoned thus:-"If we can in
duce the stomach to do its
work, and stimulate the excre-
tive organs to drive out of the
body the poisonous waste mat.
tiers which remain after the life
giving elements of the food
have been absorbed, we shall
have conquered Nervous Dys-
pepsia and Nervous Exhaust
ion. And they were right.
Knowing the infallible power
Of Shaker Extract (Seigel's
Syrup in less complicated
though similar diseases,
they resolved to test it fully
in this. 70 leave no ground
for doubt they prescribed the
remedy in hundreds Of cases
which had been pronounced In
curable-with perfect success
in every instance where their
directions as to living and diet
were scrupulously followed.
Nervous Dyspepsia and Elk
haustion is a peculiarly Ameri-
can disease. To a greater or
less extent half the people of
this country suffer from it
both sexes and all ages, In no
country in the world are there
SO many insane asylums filed
to overlooking, all resulting
from this alarming disease. Its
leading symptoms are these
Frequent or continual head
ache; a dull pain at the base
of the brain; bad breath; nau-
seous quotations; the rising
of sour and pungent fluids to
the throat; a sense Of Cypress
ion and faintness at the pit Of
the stomach; flatulence; wake
fitness and loss of sleep; dis.
gust with food even when
weak from the need oft; sticky
or Shiny matter on the teeth OF
in the mouth, especially on ris'
ing in the morning; furred and
coated tongue; dull eyes; cold
hands and feet; constipation
dry or rough skin; inability tc
fix the mind on any labor call
ing for continuous attention;
and oppressive and sad fore
holdings and fears.
All this terrible group
Shaker Extract (Seigelt
Syrup removes by its pos
tive, powerful, direct YET
painless and gentle action upor
the functions of digestion anC
assimilation. Those elements
of the food that build up anG
strengthen the system are sem
upon their mission, while al
waste matters 1.-THE ashes of life''
fire) which unremoved, poison
opd ill oro avnollod from +h,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-05-30
Lincoln's Scorn of a Lie.

In his law practice on the Wabash
circuit he was noted for his unswerv-
ing honesty. People learned to love
him ardently, devOtedly; and juries
listened intently, earnestly, receptive
ly, to the sad-faced, earnest man.
He was never accused of bribery
nothing could move him when once
his resolutions were formed. There
was nothing scholarly in his speech
es, and he always rested his case on
its merits, only asking for simple
western Justice and the texture of
the man was such that his very un-
gainliness was in his favor before a
pioneer jury. His face always wore
a sweetened and kindly expression,
never sour; and burning to win them,
his tall frame swayed as pine, made
him resistless pleader.
/ remember one case of his decid-
ed, honest trait of character. 1t was
a case in which he was for the de-
fendant. Satisfied of his clients in
nocence, it depended mainly on one
witness. That witness told on the
stand under oath what Abe knew to
be lie, and no one else knew. When
he arose to plead the case, he said
II depended on this witness to clear
my client. He has lied. | ask that
no attention be paid to his testimony.
Let his words be stricken out if my
case fails. / do not wish to win this
way" His scorn of lie touched the
jury; he laid his case before them
magnifcently, skillfully, mastery,
and won in spite of the lie against
him. From such work came his
''Honest Abe"
| never knew Abe to have a coat
to fit him; all were ill-fitting, but un-
derneath was a big, hot heart, that
could adjust itself to all humanity.
He had at his tongues end the little
items that make up the humble home
of the pioneer farmer. Once at a
hotel, in the evening, during court, a
lawyer said, "Our case is gone when
Lincoln quit he was crying, the jury
was crying, the Judge was crying,
and | was a little damp about the
lashes myself. We might as well
give the case up"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-05-30
Lead Pencils.

"A novel feature of graphite pen
Gil manufacturing, said a manufac-
turer to a newspaper reporter, sis
that the graphite all comes from one
other locality, while all the wood used
comes from one other locality. Graph
ite crops out in a number of locali-
ties, but there is only one mine in
this country successfully worked.
That is Ticonderoga. All the wood
used in pencils in the entire world is
obtained in Florida. Faber, the
German manufacturer, had to run
the blockade with his wood during
the war. The entire supply is cut by
each company for itself in the Gulf
counties of fernando, Leon, Sumter
and Hillsboro. The wood is red ce-
dar. Florida cedar is considered su-
perior, because it is smooth, soft,
free from knots and straight-grained.
1t is shipped in blocks seven inches
long, the regulation length of a pen
ell. An average log yields about
1000 pencils. The graphite is ground
bv an automatic machine, mixed with
clay, and poured INTO the half-pen-
ellis in a powdery form. The two
halves of the pencils are then glued
together
"'How many varieties Of pencils
are manufactured! :"
Eve exhibited llO4 kinds of pen
ellis. no two Of a kind, at the Paris
exposition. and were rewarded with
a gold medal. The most pencils are
sold in the nited States. The peO-
Pile of this country use three times as
many pencils per capita a. any other
people on the globe. The pencil l.
Of great antiquity. Cortez used cray
on, and specimens Of his work have
been found in Mexico"
.sHow many pencils are mades"
There are Ia, 900, 900 manufac-
tured in this country. They are sold
all over the world. No one partieu-
lar locality uses more in proportion
than another"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-05-30
..Friend with the countersign. I"

His mouth had too much in for
success, and once more he used strong
and very volcanic expressions as soon
as his vocal organs were at work
again. Then we heard him say
"Come along, boys. There isn't
anybody here and the waters six
inches deep over the track"
1t was a doleful mystery and the
chance of being fired upon grew girls
lv enough as the car was obviously
urged forward.
The fierceness of the storm dimin-
ished, and thus, with a great gust of
wind from Cape Hatteras, it ceased.
More wind came and swept away the
clouds. The moon came out glOri-
ousIy, and at that very moment the
paymaster's clerk exclaimed
"Quick, sergeant. They could
see to shoot now ?"
''Halt! Come along. Got 'em
now Bully. Better mount Better
mount ~
That was what it sounded like,
but the sergeant exclaimed:
abraham Lincoln If it doesn't
make five times we've been halted by
those Confederate frogs
In half an hour more we were all
safe in Morehead City, leaving the
frogs to play jokes on somebody else.
N. Y. Graphic.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-05-30
The Land OF the Congo

The gaze OF the world il turning
towards Africa. The dark conti-
nent contains immense possibilities
that warrant prophesies 81 coming
glory. The Congo basin alone IL "A
mighty territory, the value and beau
ty of which is just being unveiled 30
universal astonishment. We know
upon reliable authority that the
Congo is one and one-half times
longer than the Mississippi river, and
from eight 20 ten times broader. u
presents the curious phenomenon of
a tea color on the left half, and
chalky white ON the right. The
banks Of the river are clothed with
beautiful vegetation, and elephants
and buffalo are abundant. Leaving
the river we find IN the tropical belt
through which il flows, gold, silver,
copper and iron. The great African
forests are of priceless value as tim-
ber; rubber, gums, spices and cof-
fee can be supplied in immense guam
titles. Probably 10000, 900 people
inhabit this region.
From the foregoing account Il y
easy 10 see the opportunity present
ed by the land Of the Congo o. the
Christian world for the extension of
commerce, civilization aud religion.
The golden land will support great
enterprise la the centuries % come.
II will not bee pestilential marsh
and a land Of savages, bat a garden
Of posterity and the home Of Chris
tians. of refinement and learning.
A door is thrown open - an inviting
future in the land 81 Ham. it is o.
once great responsibility and
blessed privilege o. cultivate thia
white field for the Master. SAID che
first missionary to Africa, 'ict o.
Thousand fall but lot Africa De re-
deemed. ."-R. H. q.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-05-30
A Friend in Need.

Rattletybang rattlety-bang-
down the street clattered "A tin can
tied To the tail of a poor, friendless,
and frightened dog! A crowd Of
boys followed at the runaways heels,
with cries and shouts increasing alike
his terror and his speed, until al last,
he had distanced his pursuers, bat
not, alas that horrible. noisy thing
that clattered and ratified at his heels
Thoroughly tired, and quite az
thoroughly terrified. the poor dog
looked to the right and left az be ran.
for help or shelter. At length he
spied, at the corner Of crOss-street
not far away, a large, friendly-look-
ing, Newfoundland dog. With pite-
Gus cries and an imploring look, the
exhausted dog dragged himself aud
his noisy appendageto the Newfound-
land. and looked to him for help.
Nor was his appeal unheeded, for
the Newfoundland seemed % appre-
ciate the position and al once showed
himself 10 be a geBer0iIs dog 4 pa
tient gnawing At the string finally re-
leased the can and then, lifting il in
the air the Newfoundland flung II from
him with "a triumphant toss ~ the
head while the other dog j0yOusly
bounded up from his crOuching posi-
blesome burden which has human tor
mentors had inficted npon him.-.Sf
NichOlas.